Harness-loop



C. W. JAMES. HARNESS LooPf (No Model.)

PatentedAug. 22,1893

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES VESLEY JAMES, OF QUINCY, OHIO.

HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,856, dated August 22, 1893.

Application tiled August 5, 1891.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WESLEY JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of, Logan and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Harness-Loop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in harness-loops and the objects in view are to improve upon the usualboX-loop employed in harnesses, and which are insecure and hard to apply; and to provide a loop that may be formed of scraps of leather and conveniently applied either during or after the manufacture of the harness; which may be sewed on with machine and when attached will be very secure and not in danger of tearing out.

Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective of a strap provided with a harness-loop constructed in accordance with my invention, the same illustrating my preferred form. Figure 1 is a transverse section of Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a transverse-section through a portion of the loop. Fig. 3 isalongitudinalv section. Fig. 4e is a similar view to Fig. 1, of a modified construction of loop. Fig. 5 is a transverse-section. Fig. 6 is a detail of the loop-blank before being applied. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective of the loop as it' would appear after application to the strap.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings,

Referring to Fig. 1, l designates a strap, which may be a portion of a harness, a trunk or shawl strap, or a strap for any other purpose and requiring a loop; and the same is provided, if a double-strap, with the lines of stitching 2. 3 denotes the blank from which the loop is` formed (see Figs. 6 and 7) and the leading end of the loop-blank is passed transversely through slits 4, formed at intervals in the upper layer of the strap 1. The ends of the blank terminate between the straps and are riveted as at 5 or otherwise secured. By thus continuously passing the loop-blank, a loop comprising a succession of coils is formed, the

Serial No. 401.747. (No model.)

coils being inclined with relation to the strap, and passed through the slits 4, which latter occur between the lines of stitching 2, and only extend through the upper strap or layer.

This is the preferred form of constructing the loop, and it will be seen may be applied to straps after the manufacture of the same, requires no stitching, and by reason of the fact that the slits are formed between the lines of 6o stitching, the loops may be pressed to either side for the purpose of permitting a subsequent trimming of the edges of the strap. It Will be obvious that where single-straps are employed, as forinstance in bridles and other light trimmings, the slits will not be formed entirely through the straps, but simply transverse punches or slits made within the opposite edges of the straps, as will be-V obvious, and as approximately shown in Fig. 1. By 7o thus constructing the loop I avoid any projections on the rear side of the strap that would be liable to chate or injure the animal and form a much more comfortable arrangement. 7 5

Referring now to Figs. 4 and 5, 6 designates a strap composed of two layers 7, and an in? termediate filling 8. At intervals transverse and diagonally-disposed openings 9 are formed in the filling, and the loop 10 laced 8o continuously therethrough in the form of a coil, as previously described, and the two layers and loop sewed through and through by the stitches 11. Such latter construction is especially adapted for heavy harness or heavy 8 5 portions of light harness, and to be used in straps for other purposes, where the construction required is heavy.

By my invention I provide a loop havinga very neat appearance, which is much more 9o durable than the ordinary box-loop, which can only be secured along its edges and hence is not secure and readily pulled out; furthermore that scraps of leather that would otherwise be Wasted may be readily utilized in forming the loop and that the same may be much more readily applied and secured. It will be obvious that I may form the loop from ablank of light sheet-metal, in lieu of leather, otherwise the construction will be the same. Ico It will also be seen that the loop may be stitched, cemented, riveted or otherwise semy in the number of fastenings required to,

hold the same in place, as the angle of parts locks the same on their support against movement and thereby less fastening is re-vk quired. When this diagonal form of the loop is fitted between the layers of a support, it

requires but one-half of the. stitchesA or. .other fastenings required for the common form of' loop, as the improved form wraps aren-1rd the stitches and one seam only is necessary to se-V cure; the saamierin stable n position. Further,v

rivets can, `be conveniently employed for seecuring .the en'dsof this diagonal ifm-.111,1rbc.-v

causei the said en'dsfarerlocated outside; of the loop proper' and bethereby conveniently tionalfl-'y important, as th ezloop, by thiiszmeans', cauxbe readily attached. toarn-y part. othe harness without. dismembering or :stitching through latter. The device in this form. can be constructed by lacingrover the loop stick'without sewing and befmadeterretim its.' form, o1'- it canbe'r sewed machine, or hand by l-acin-gV between. rows. of stitches over loopvstick. The lower or inner members of the diagonally-formed loopare. at, a rgreater anglethan the' upper or outer members of the same toprovide for fastening the lower or inner members from the outer side, but the horizontal plane ofsaid inner or lower menilbers is parallel with the plane of the upper or outer members, and by this means a rect- `angleyis at all *Y times approximated, and though the loop is constructed of yielding ma- 3 terial,A this form is atall times preserved.

Having described my invention, lWhat I claim is- I In combination. with a strap composed of layers or plies of the herein described billet loopconsisting' of aliat helical loop formed Vfrom a ilat leather strip having outer engagingr bars thereof. extending `diagonally `across and' 'away fromthe-'saifd strap atalesserangle than the inner connecting bars thereofto expose said. inner bars Abetween the said oxrter and fastenings` passed through thevlayengaged. This rlatter advantage is-exeep-- ers or: lplies' of thea-strap and. the-said inner bars to simultaneously secure the said 4inner barsand strap, substantially asfdescribed;

f InltestimonythatI I claim the :foregoing as myown VI havevv heretoai-xed my signature in presencefof two witnesses.

Tiros. Raman, i JOHN S..JOR1DAN. 

